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Philosophy Essays

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How to Distinguish Between Something That Is True and Something That Is Believed to Be True Philosophy Essay
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The different ways of knowing to help us distinguish “truth” from what we believe is true. Even though branches of knowledge have not yet been discovered or explained, or if it has, only by science, individuals will use appropriate and rational ways of knowledge to distinguish between the different “truths”.
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Analects of Confucius by Simon Leys Philosophy Book Report/Review
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The author states that the philosophy expounded in the Analects builds a continuum of authority that extends from the king to his ministers in society, and is further represented in the father and teacher in the community. That familial responsibility is based on the same philosophical and moral construct.
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Is the Sacrifice Worth It Philosophy Assignment
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The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him,” and truer words have not been spoken by Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Indian nation.
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The Reformulation Benthams Theory of Utilitarianism Philosophy Essay
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Utilitarianism addresses the philosophical problem that occurs in the definition of "the good" in a pluralistic society where many people may differ on defining exact precisely constitutes objective standards in moral reasoning.  
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Virtue and Reason by John McDowell Philosophy Essay
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McDowell's notion of a moral agent depends on the ""sensitivity"" to see what virtue requires (for instance, what constitutes prudence in a particular situation). This sensitivity arises in a virtuous agent when he or she is faced with the specific details of states of affairs. It is a perceptual awareness of the right specific for acting in certain ways.
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Theory of Truth in Business Philosophy Assignment
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Truth is defined in many ways through many criteria, and in some cases, the existence of truth is even denied.  It is most commonly taken to mean being in accordance with fact or reality as we perceive it.  “In regard to scientific and philosophical systems of truth – the truth of the senses and of reason – [what is truth] is hardly questioned nowadays.
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Does Kant Adequately Address the Problems Evident in the Controversy between Empiricism and Rationalism Philosophy Essay
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As the paper outlines, emerges between rationalism and empiricism is the level in which we are dependent on sense experience in order for us to gain and acquire knowledge. Rationalists claim that very independent we gain knowledge and ideas. This independent way of gaining concepts as it is own sensory experience. 
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Uncovering the Principles of Morality through Utilitarianism Philosophy Essay
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The three of the purposes of morality as mentioned by Pojman and Fieser in the book entitled, Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong, are to promote human flourishing, to improve human suffering and to resolve conflicts of interest justly. One type of consequentialist ethics is Utilitarianism, which aims to meet the said purposes of morality.          
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Is Romantic Love a Moral Issue Philosophy Essay
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The folk tales and stories also portray the people engaged in romantic love very responsive to the social values and morality and they are positively portrayed in front of the people because they are reported to give importance to the social values and moral issues. In addition, the literary pieces focused upon romantic love are also created in the moral setting.
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Modern Self-Concepts Philosophy Literature review
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The concept of ‘self’, though not new, has nevertheless faded from psychological research until recently. The aim of the current study is to test the effect that having either a stable or unstable view of the ‘self’  would have on the areas of causal attribution and cognitive performance. The self can be thought of in two ways (Spencer-Rodgers, Williams, and Peng 2010).
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Feminist Epistemology, Contextualism, and Philosophical Skepticism Philosophy Essay
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Brister explains that an argument of what an individual believes can be approached from two skepticism concepts. In of the concepts referred to as philosophical skepticism, most philosophical skeptics tend to have the conception that all beliefs are almost equal to each other and therefore no particular belief may be deemed better than the other.
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Making Sense of Your World Philosophy Essay
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A creative and critical thinker should therefore be able to use, knowledge, wisdom, and patterns to explain worldview. One should therefore be able to think sense and act using the knowledge of the worldview. One should read perceptions and should come up with comprehensive conclusions. This can only be achieved through clear thoughts and reasoning.
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Do Stakeholder Ethics Have a Useful Role in Business Ethics Philosophy Assignment
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Beyond simply failing the internal-consistency test, stakeholder theory also fails the “intuitive” moral sense test (Heath 2006, p. 541). This is important at least two important reasons. Firstly, one component of business ethics is to defend business practices to outside groups, such as law-makers. Secondly, it is important that managers experience their business ethics.
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Ten Commandments Philosophy Essay
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After critical analysis of the Ten Commandments, I am still unsure about God's existence and, if given a choice, will not follow the ten commands. My opinions may differ from those of Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, inventor, writer, and, most notably, a Christian philosopher.
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How Police, Doctors and Philosophers Help to Solve Crimes Philosophy Essay
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Criminal behavior can be prevented by providing education and rehabilitation to offenders in prisons. Criminal behavior does differ along gender lines. Both sociologically and historically, males are more likely to be accountable for the majority of criminal behavior. Male has testosterone, which gets linked to risky and violent behavior.
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How We Are to Think upon Truth, Is as Diverse a Topic as Principles of Biology or Mathematics Philosophy Essay
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Truth is either contingent or necessary. Necessary truths are Priori and rely on the principle of non-contradiction in regards to substantiation. Contingent prepositions, however, have a likelihood of defying the principle of non-contradiction. Contingent truths earn their status of truth through sufficient reason.
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Analysis of Active and Passive Euthanasia Article by James Rachels Philosophy Essay
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James Rachel pointed out that mercy killing or the intentional termination of the life of one human being by another is against the norms of the medical profession and the policy of the American Medical Association. It is ethical for a doctor to withdraw the treatment of a patient in no hope condition because of the requests made by the patient.
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The Theories of Causality Philosophy Case Study
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The Efficient cause, which deals with the external compulsion and antecedent events, and lastly, the Final cause which revolves around the end and purpose of the entity. Descartes based all his theories on Aristotle's Efficient cause that every change is brought about by external compulsion acting on a body.
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Personal Worldview Philosophy Essay
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The theorists and researchers as well have always been interested since ever in exploring the history and origin of world views people have developed in their minds about countless issues, which have been being transferred from one generation to the other for the last several centuries.
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Lockes and Kants Moral Theories in the Modern Society Philosophy Essay
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The Kantian Theory of Immanuel Kant has its own distinct beliefs on the philosophy of morality and its application to humans, but it is not going to be in sync with today’s drastically changing world. It is ideal to have goodwill and to obey all duties set by authorities. But negligence to situations of people displays negligence on people’s emotion as well.
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Moment of Destiny: The Concept of Beauty Philosophy Essay
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Identity is something you fight for with your intelligence, your effort, your knowledge, and everything that can realize your value. Beauty comes from within, from self-validation. In this way, humanity must recognize that beauty is not an objective sort of reality, but an ever-changing entity that is based on the determination and essence emanating deep from within.
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Sermon on the Mount Philosophy Coursework
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Though it bears a lot of teachings, the main teaching from the beatitude is the virtue of love. Love has over time been regarded as the strongest of all virtues since with love one has the ability to conquer all trial and evil. Loving and caring for a neighbor is so essential since with it everyone lives at peace with everyone.
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How Does Learning Affect Your Life Now Philosophy Essay
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I strongly believe that Delphic Oracle, when said to know oneself before jumping to conclusions is a very noticeable message to all of us (“Know Thyself”). I realized the significance of it overall while I was evaluating my findings in different situations, which I have been through. It is, however, very unfortunate that we fail to understand our-self.
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My Thoughts and Opinions That I Have Created Philosophy Essay
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Teaching such topics to people who have never experienced hardships is the best way to open up their minds and provide them with skills that would help them to reduce the margins between them and the less fortunate. In this way, the fortunate people will be able to easily interact with these victims and be of assistance to them.
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Does Thoreaus Views of Nature Stem from Lockes Writings Philosophy Essay
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How much he is closer to Locke in his views of nature is   an interesting question to a reader who compares both of the authors. From the close readings of the two authors, we can understand that both Thoreau and Locke meet up in their views and Thoreau is largely influenced by the individualistic writers like Locke.  We have traced some of the roots from which the Thoreau’s thoughts derived.
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Book IV of Platos The Republic Philosophy Book Report/Review
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Inclusive of the pertinent text of the section under Waterfield’s translation is the statement “Because I think that this is the only virtue which remains in the State when the other virtues of self-discipline and courage and reason are abstracted” and this altogether implies that morality itself can prove it's worth despite the possible detachment of all the other qualities.
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The Most Convincing Ethical System Philosophy Essay
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Capitalism and ethics go along with each other.  The selection between bad and good, illegitimate or legitimate, actions still goes hand in hand. There is a differentiation between a person’s behavior, and boosting up the morale. Unless you show legitimacy to the individual person, and it was an extraneous differentiation as individual action pertains.
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Virtue: Ideals and Realities Philosophy Essay
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One of the first ways that Confucius discusses virtue is in relationship to honoring elders. Honoring elders is associated with honoring culture, which might be a way of the continuation of honoring the past. In addition to honoring elders, the path to virtue is found through restraint.
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Analysis of Hegels Conception of Freedom Philosophy Essay
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Hegel, in his Philosophy of Right, explains freedom through its particular social perspectives of civil society and family life. The growth of freedom culminates in an individual’s full acceptance of the political rule of the state because the ideals of mutual recognition are naturally engraved in the constitution of the sovereign state. 
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The Theological and Political Problem and the Emergence of Philosophy in the West and Islam Philosophy Essay
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China for example is the greatest country in Asia, the country is filled with indigenous religions and the people in this country are yet to receive knowledge on either Christianity or Islam. Funnily enough, China is a country that has no effective political structure and survives has survived on one dictatorial politician party since independence.
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Solomon and His Attempts to Separate Different Kinds of Love Philosophy Assignment
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This assignment also focuses on how Diotima explains her claim that 'love is...for begetting and birth in the beautiful', Freud's reasoning for his claim that 'the behavior in the love of men in the civilized world today bears the stamp of psychical impotence' and what reasons Delaney gives for his view that unconditional love should not be part of the ideal of romantic love or of loving commitment. 
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The Views on Love and Friendship Philosophy Essay
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Categorizing various ‘forms’ of love requires giving both what constitutes love, and the differences between the various ‘kinds’ of love. And Solomon’s main challenge in separating various forms of love was to show how these various forms of love differ, and yet they have one common element that qualifies all of them to be termed as love.
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Summary of the Articles by Albert Camus, Thomas Nagel and Prichard Philosophy Article
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Just as a common man is afraid of the moral philosophers, moral philosophers are afraid of violation of morality by the mass of people, as such they seek theoretical validation of morality. Moral philosophy has always been the concern of famous philosophers. Plato asserts that morality is a kind of hoax the rulers put over their subjects in order to advance their interests.
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The Book Tuesdays With Morrie Philosophy Book Report/Review
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In the book, Mitch Albom was so blessed to have a professor who taught him not just the lessons in the book but also those lessons in life. Morrie Schwartz was the best professor Mitch could ever ask for. He supplemented Mitch with the knowledge and advice in life that will surely help the young one in his future.
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What Will Be the Good in My Life Philosophy Essay
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Through wealth, there is a high chance of affluenza as described by de Graaf et al (2005). They describe affluenza as a disease that is associated with materialism or all-consuming consumption. Affluenza is used to indicate a very high degree of negligent waste, materialism, and excessive consumption.
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Treatment of Non-Human Animals Philosophy Essay
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The aspect of taking the public’s perception or points of view before the implementation of such rules fulfills the requirements of the Utilitarian argument which requires that any activity undertaken by human beings should not cause any negative consequence on the second or the third parties. The aspect of taking the public’s perception or points of view.
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Machiavelli and Lao-Tzu Philosophy Article
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What this means is that as much as possible, the different styles by which leaders lead their people to continue to change with time and with the purpose of leadership. This situation makes it very difficult to boldly point out to what may be good or ideal leadership, using the mere argument of the type of leadership style practised by a leader or a group of leaders.
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The Core of the Hippocratic Tradition Philosophy Assignment
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The author of the paper states that Christian theology’s former strict ban on self-mutilation held similar principles. Ethical issues pose a problem or situation that requires a person or organization to choose between alternatives that must be evaluated as right (ethical) or wrong (unethical).
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Ethical Issues and the Development of Moral Arguments Philosophy Essay
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Every individual who has a decent moral judgment will counter several dilemmas pertaining to morality each day: should I speed if I am getting late? Should I lie? Should I light a cigarette inside a room full of people? Should I make a personal call from work? Similarly, such dilemmas are also faced when dealing with larger-scale issues such as abortion.
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Do Criminals Deserve to be Treated with Dignity Philosophy Essay
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It is a fact that all persons deserve to be treated with dignity, their innocence, or guilt before the law notwithstanding. The same applies to those who have committed serious crimes that warrant death penalties or capital punishment such as murder, defilement, and treason. This is in line with the United States Declaration of Independence.
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Religion and Theology Global Culture and Ethics Philosophy Essay
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Cultural relativism, universalism, relating to the conflict between two different ideologies of human rights on a national scale has been considered as the most pertinent issues of the past few years. Universalism stands upon much more “primitive” cultures whereas the cultural activists standing on a much more equal viewpoint about the unchangeable attitude of traditional culture.  
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Personal Experience of Comprehendility of the Fragility of Human Life Philosophy Essay
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It was a bright sunny day when I woke up on Tuesday morning. I was spending time at my grandmother’s place during the summer break at their small yet comfortable and warm home. I have always enjoyed spending time at my grandparent’s house mainly because of the pampered handling that I received.  
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The Consequences of Socrates' Conducts on Crito Philosophy Case Study
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Even though Crito smuggled Socrates from prison and take him into exile Socrates may encounter similar consequences inland of exile. Crito argues that if Socrates refuses to escape the execution by Athens this will impact Crito and other Socrates friends negatively. Crito will lose a good friend in case something terrible happens to Socrates.
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A Decisive Insight of Fashion Philosophy Essay
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Evidently, fashion is everywhere, for instance, in advertisements, and on television, and everyone seems to be interested in the latest trends. However, few actually take the trouble of thinking about fashion deeply.In fact, the German Philosopher George Simmel (1957), in his article “Fashion” explained the meaning of fashion.
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Uniqueness of Every Species Philosophy Assignment
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The McDonald can at least be asked to be more organic with their beef selling. They can assure that the farms are encouraged by them to raise cattle in a more eco –friendly manner. It is not sensible to assume that Mc Donald’s would refrain from beef burger selling so the best solution is to sell organic beef burgers and raise cattle in a more eco –friendly manner.
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Equal Consideration for Every Species Philosophy Assignment
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Environmental issues have always sparked a debate, mainly due to the numerous differences between individuals and among nations regarding the selection of priority: on whether human lives in general or only of the locals shall be taken into consideration; or if nature itself must be given greater importance than human lives.
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Philosophy of Logic Philosophy Case Study
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These institutions deal with service delivery to the community rather than profit maximization. Therefore, ethics being a set of moral principles or conduct acceptable to a particular group of people or culture; the necessity of its incorporation in decision making for these organizations that are community service-oriented arises.
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The Seattle School Boycott and Death of John Williams Philosophy Assignment
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Officer Ian Birk would have only recollected his thoughts before taking action. According to me, he hurriedly used excessive force.  Dan Satterberg being a county prosecutor only meant he had all medical services at his disposal he would have performed medical checkup on John’s body to prove peoples claims either true or false.
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Plato's Contribution to the Ancient and Present Human Thinking Philosophy Essay
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Plato defined what a State should be ruled. He argued that the wisest were the only people who can rule the citizen while at the same time share the good of knowledge. He argued that the ignorant could be the worst rules because they would maintain the level of ignorance in the society while condemning the wise.
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What Is Justice in My Neighborhood Philosophy Essay
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Justice has been defined in a different sphere from political concepts to social justice. The word justice is derived from the Latin word jus, which means right or law (Pomerleau). Moreover, the English Dictionary defines Justice as the actions of doing what is morally accepted in society and to give every person his or her due.  
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